Crow
Apsáalooke aliláau
Crow is a Siouan language spoken in United States, by about 3,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Crow (native name: Apsáalooke [ə̀ˈpsâːɾòːɡè] or [ə̀ˈpsâːlòːɡè]) is a Western Siouan language spoken primarily by the Crow Tribe in present-day southeastern Montana. The word Apsáalooke translates to "Children of the Large Beaked Bird" (from apá 'beak/nose', isáa 'big', dooká 'child'), which was later incorrectly translated into English as 'Crow'. It is one of the larger populations of American Indian languages with around 3,650 speakers according to the 2017-2021 American Community Survey.
From Wikipedia · Crow language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Crow
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | bacheé | |
| woman | bía | |
| person | bir3bake* | |
| name | daSe* | |
| eye | iSte* | |
| ear | ape* | |
| nose | apE* | |
| tooth | ihta* | |
| tongue | deSe* | |
| hand | iSci* | |
| blood | ire* | |
| bone | hurE* | |
| skin | dapE* | |
| knee | iSuSe* | |
| breast | aCi* | |
| liver | apte* | |
| water | bilí | |
| fire | birE* | |
| sun | axaSe* | |
| star | igyE* | |
| stone | bi3* | |
| mountain | awaxawe* | |
| tree | bare* | |
| leaf | ape* | |
| night | oci3* | |
| dog | biSka* | |
| louse | aSpEbE* | |
| one | hawate* | |
| two | nupE* | |
| five | chiaxxó |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- ArikapúNuclear-Macro-Je87% alike
- Mescalero-Chiricahua ApacheAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit79% alike
- DjeoromitxíNuclear-Macro-Je79% alike
- KunzaIsolates79% alike
- Temascaltepec NahuatlUto-Aztecan79% alike
- Western ApacheAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit79% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · crow1244 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · cro